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<h2 style="color:#000066">'''typeOf ''vehicle'''''</h2>
| ofpr |= Game name


|1.90|= Game version
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'''Operand types:'''
| Returns the config class name of given object or "" if object doesn't have config class. |DESCRIPTION=
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'''vehicle:''' [[Object]]
|'''typeOf''' object |SYNTAX=


'''Type of returned value:'''
|p1= object: [[Object]] |PARAMETER1=


[[String]]
| [[String]] |RETURNVALUE=
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|x1= <code>[[if]] ([[typeOf]] [[vehicle]] [[player]] == "B_Heli_Light_01_armed_F") [[then]] {[[hint]] "Player is in AH-9 Pawnee"};</code> |EXAMPLE1=
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'''Description:'''
| [[countType]], [[isKindOf]] |SEEALSO=


Returns the class type of a given object or vehicle.
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<h3 style="display:none">Notes</h3>
<dl class="command_description">
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<dd class="notedate">Posted on August 4, 2006 - 12:03
<dt class="note">'''[[User:Hardrock|hardrock]]'''<dd class="note">(CWR 1.90)Try using this on an object pre-placed in the mission editor (such as a house): [[hint]] [[format]]["%1", [[typeOf]] [[object]] xxx] Now place an object in the editor, save the map, and open up the [[Mission.sqm]]. Find the line: vehicle = "XXX", and replace XXX with the name of the object that you found above. Save it, and load the map. (this method is no longer available since ArmA)
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_class = '''typeOf''' _mi24


 
[[Category:Scripting Commands|TYPEOF]]
'''Comments'''
[[Category:Scripting Commands OFP 1.99|{{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}]]
 
[[Category:Scripting Commands OFP 1.96|TYPEOF]]
Try using this on an object pre-placed in the mission editor (such as a house):
[[Category:Scripting Commands OFP 1.46|TYPEOF]]
 
[[Category:Scripting Commands ArmA|TYPEOF]]
[[hint]] [[format]]["%1", '''''typeof''''' [[object]] xxx]
[[Category:Command_Group:_Object_Information|{{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}]]
 
[[Category:Scripting Commands ArmA2|{{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}]]
Now place an object in the editor, save the map, and open up the [[mission.sqm]].
[[Category:Scripting Commands Arma 3|{{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}]]
 
[[Category:Scripting_Commands_Take_On_Helicopters|{{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}}]]
Find the line: '''vehicle="XXX"''', and replace '''XXX''' with the name of the object that you found above.
 
Save it, and load the map.

Revision as of 15:50, 7 April 2019

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Description

Description:
Returns the config class name of given object or "" if object doesn't have config class.
Groups:
Uncategorised

Syntax

Syntax:
typeOf object
Parameters:
object: Object
Return Value:
String

Examples

Example 1:
if (typeOf vehicle player == "B_Heli_Light_01_armed_F") then {hint "Player is in AH-9 Pawnee"};

Additional Information

See also:
countTypeisKindOf

Notes

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Notes

Posted on August 4, 2006 - 12:03
hardrock
(CWR 1.90)Try using this on an object pre-placed in the mission editor (such as a house): hint format["%1", typeOf object xxx] Now place an object in the editor, save the map, and open up the Mission.sqm. Find the line: vehicle = "XXX", and replace XXX with the name of the object that you found above. Save it, and load the map. (this method is no longer available since ArmA)

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